Re:Israel launches strike against Iran, declares state of em...
by padjo on Saturday February 28, 2026 @01:30PM
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Iran elects their President. Is it a shining example of a democracy, no, but it has a much stronger democratic tradition than say Saudi Arabia. If the US and British hadn't been meddling there for the last 70 years it would probably be a secular democracy now.
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Re:Israel launches strike against Iran, declares state of em...
by weatherlite on Saturday February 28, 2026 @01:41PM
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They elect someone from a short list approved by the supreme leader...who will execute policy dictated to him by the supreme leader. Plus thousands of Iranians are executed yearly for crimes against the regime (make it tens of thousands in 2026). Calling Iran a democracy is a joke, it's a brutal dictatorship.